Sotomayor Rebukes SCOTUS For Lifting Hold On Texas Law

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave a strict rebuke of her colleagues Tuesday for inviting “chaos and crisis” after the high court lifted a pause on controversial legislation giving Texas broad powers to enforce immigration law at the U.S.-Mexico border.The court’s conservative majority ruled to reject an emergency application from President Joe Biden’s administration, allowing Texas Senate Bill 4 to go into effect while the question of its legality plays out in lower courts. But S.B. 4 quickly went back on hold later Tuesday following an appeals court decision.The…